1. Widespread Patient Safety Gains in Doctors’ Offices and Hospitals
Improved
Had little or no change
Worsened
Number of states that:
Elderly Medicare beneficiaries who received a high-risk prescription drug, 2012 to 2014
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), standardized infection ratio, 2013 to 2014
Notes: For this exhibit we count the District of Columbia as a state. “Improved” or “worsened” refers to a change between the baseline and current time periods of at least 0.5 standard deviations. “Little or no change” includes states with changes of less than 0.5 standard deviations as well as states with no change or without sufficient data to assess change.
Data: High-Risk Prescription Drug Use: 2012 and 2014 Medicare Part D 5% Sample. Analysis by Y. Zhang, University of Pittsburgh. CLABSI: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013 and 2014 National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report.